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April 15th 2009 Page 4 Features, Weather, Sports, Exchange

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Pumas beat Puebla on 2 injury-time goals

The Pumas scored twice in injury time to beat Puebla 3-1 Sunday in the 13th round of the Mexican Clausura and take a major step toward the postseason. Defender Duilio Davino put Puebla ahead in the sixth minute before Argentine striker Martin Bravo scored an equalizer in the 40th.�.Read Article Here

Mexico: The race is safe

Tourism officials say annual Ensenada race will pose no threats, despite recent violence. .�To Read Article Click Here

Atop Game, Ochoa Finds a Thin Margin for Error

These should be the best days of Lorena Ochoa�s life. After climbing to the top of her profession and making herself at home there, she is preparing for the joys of family and hearth that will follow her wedding in December to the airline executive Andr�s Conesa. .�To Read Article Click Here

Mexico: America rallies, Toluca stays undefeated

Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabanas scored a goal and set up another as America rallied for a 3-2 win over Puebla, while reigning champion Toluca remained undefeated and atop of the Mexican Clausura standings after 12 rounds with a 2-1 victory over Morelia.�To Read Article Click Here

Eriksson sacked as Mexico manager

Sven-Goran Eriksson has been sacked as Mexico boss following Wednesday's World Cup qualifying defeat against Honduras. �click here for more info

Honduras defeats Mexico 3-1

Carlo Costly scored a goal in each half to lead Honduras to a 3-1 upset win over Mexico in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Wednesday.�click here for more info

headed for a second Azteca debacle?

Costa Rica remains the only team to beat Mexico on Mexican soil in World Cup qualifying, and the Ticos aim to repeat the feat on Saturday�Read Article Here

Mexico Senate Passes Banking Limit Bill
Adriana Lopez Caraveo & Jos� Enrique Arrioja - Bloomberg News
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The Senate approved a bill on Thursday that would allow the central bank to limit interest rates and fees that banks can charge.

The Senate approved the proposal 66-to-8, with no abstentions. The initiative will be debated in the Chamber of Deputies beginning April 21.

"Banco de M�xico will ensure that institutions give loans or credit in accessible and reasonable conditions, and it will take corrective measures so that operations are offered under those terms," the bill says.

The measure is one of several proposals in Congress that lawmakers say are designed to boost Latin America's No .2 economy as a recession deepens in the United States, which buys about 80 percent of Mexico's exports.

Legislators say they want to help borrowers who may have trouble paying debt as a worsening economy reduces jobs and remittances from Mexicans living abroad decline.

The bill doesn't specify a maximum interest rate. Instead, it calls for policymakers to cap interest rates if they are deemed to be too high or if they prevent low-income Mexicans from obtaining credit.

The legislation would prohibit banks from charging fees that "distort healthy banking practices," according to the initiative. Under the measure, banks wouldn't be able to charge fees for consulting account balances at bank branches.

Guillermo Zamarripa, director of the Finance Secretariat's banking and savings unit, and Enrique Castillo, president of Mexico's Banking Association, said last month that they disagreed with a set limit on rates.

The four largest banks in in Mexico in terms of total assets are foreign-owned firms Fitch Ratings said in a September report: BBVA, Citigroup, Banco Santander and HSBC.

Grupo Financiero Banorte, Mexico's largest publicly traded lender, is the fifth-largest bank, according to Fitch.

Property in Mexico Remains a Safe Investment
Tom Kelly - HeraldNet.com
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	Vandalism and theft have never been a concern. In fact, our home and well being are much safer in Mexico than in California. - Jerry Kerr

Is Mexico safe?

In recent weeks, the question has become common. But curiously, many people with second homes in Mexico don't seem too worried about it.

"You think Americans really are not visiting Mexico because of crimes in the papers? Don't they realize it's basically a border deal among drug gangs?" asked Jerry Kerr, a native of San Francisco who spends his winters windsurfing in the warm waters of the Sea of Cortes.

Kerr has a point. Recent news reports, including a segment on "60 Minutes," have depicted the entire country of Mexico as being an absolute mess, awash in blood and guns on every street corner. Ironically, people living there have a dramatically different perspective, especially in the "fly-in" destinations that continue to appreciate in value.

Despite what you may have heard, read and seen, the country is not under siege. The laid-back lure of Mexico's beaches, forests, deserts, people and culture has been capturing visitors and second-home buyers for decades and has become an international draw no longer driven solely by Americans and Canadians. Not only is land plentiful, exotic, captivating and beautiful, it also is typically more affordable than most of the property found in America's getaway areas.

Kerr's little casa across the street from the water near the tiny village of La Ventana, 40 miles south of La Paz, has nearly doubled in value in the past five years. He can walk to get basic groceries and wax for his windsurfing board while La Paz, home to 200,000 residents, supermarkets, hospitals, banks, cultural events and an international airport, is less than an hour by car.

The La Ventana area is gated and fenced on all sides - not for protection from criminals but to prevent the neighboring cattle from invading the property and munching on the vegetation.

"Vandalism and theft have never been a concern," Kerr said. "In fact, our home and well being are much safer in Mexico than in California."

Much has been written about the kidnappings, roadside hijackings, crooked cops and bandits in some regions of Mexico. Most of the violence south of the border, however, is directly related to the drug cartels and the authorities who are trying to eradicate them. There is absolutely no pattern of any innocent U.S. citizens being randomly murdered in drug violence.

Though much of the violence occurs in border towns, Mexico City has had major problems, as has the community of Culiacan, two hours north of Mazatlan. In reality, Mexico needs and wants tourism, and the country is doing a much better job protecting foreigners.

Unfortunately, the negativity surrounding the country comes at a time when more and more Americans could use a less expensive place to live. According to a new report by Washington, D.C.- based Center for Economic and Policy Research, baby boomers have not saved, will be forced to work longer and/or move to less expensive places than they anticipated. Property taxes, health care and cost of living will force boomers strongly consider moving to other countries, especially if they plan on living at the same level of comfort as they do now.

Let's remember that the United States is plagued with inner-city crime. Guns are commonly used in the U.S. (they are against the law in Mexico), and convenience store clerks should receive combat pay. Tourists in the states also are attacked, often with more violent consequences than are found in many "uncivilized" countries.

Mexico is still a relatively safe place to live and visit. However, some gringos continue to leave their brains at the border and behave as if all of Mexico is a safety zone - acting totally differently than they would back home. Public drinking may be tolerated, and even encouraged in many Mexican tourist destinations, but public intoxication can easily lead to a spectacle and arrest.

As with anywhere on earth, think twice before walking home alone at 3 a.m. Play it safe and smart, no matter where you are.

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Last Week

David Lord: VA Health Care News
David Lord - PVNN

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.
- Bertolt Brecht, The Mother, 1932

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides for a one-time payment of $250 to individuals who receive benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA), including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

However, the law allows only one $250 payment per individual. VA beneficiaries who are also eligible for SSA, SSI, or RRB benefits will be paid through the SSA or RRB, and will therefore not receive payment from VA.

To be eligible for the $250 payment, VA beneficiaries must have received compensation, pension, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), or Spina Bifida benefits at any time between November 2008 and January 2009. VA will use its existing payment records to determine eligibility to the $250 payment. No application is necessary.

VA expects to release payments in June 2009. Beneficiaries will receive their payments in the same way they receive their monthly VA benefits (either by direct deposit or mail.) The beneficiaries must reside within the United States or its territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.) David says - direct deposit will be OK.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
- Publilius Syrus, 100 B.C.

Health Vet

Have you registered on My HealtheVet, the Personal Health Record for Veterans? If not, what are you waiting for? My HealtheVet is VA's award-winning online Personal Health Record. It offers Veterans anywhere, anytime Internet access to VA health care information, benefit information, online services, and more! With My HealtheVet, VA patients can refill their VA prescriptions, track their health vitals, keep online journals, and begin to create a Personal Health Record.

A Wellness Reminder lets a VA patient know that according to current guidelines and recommendations for good care, it is time to do something like have a test or examination done. This online feature lets VA patients view their VA Wellness Reminders and helps Veterans enhance their partnership with VA health care providers to monitor their health. Users can view their Wellness Reminders in the Get Care section of their My HealtheVet account. Some Wellness Reminders are for everyone, and some Wellness Reminders are specific to patients with known risks. To get the most out of My HealtheVet, visit your VA facility to get an upgraded account, a one-time process known as In-Person Authentication (IPA.) Register today on My HealtheVet at MyHealth.va.gov.

VA To Offer Health Care to Previously Ineligible Veterans

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced plans to re-open enrollment in its health care system by July 2009 to about 265,000 veterans whose incomes exceed current limits.

"We're pleased to be able to offer what has been called 'the best care anywhere' to many more new veterans," said Dr. James B. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "We'll be able to provide these newly enrolled veterans with the kind of timely, high quality health care veterans who already use our system are accustomed to."

The change affects veterans whose incomes exceed the current VA means test and geographic means test income thresholds by 10 percent or less. Congress provided funds in VA's fiscal year 2009 budget to support the new enrollment.

In 1996, Congress established a priority-based enrollment system for VA and a uniform package of medical benefits for all enrollees. The legislation opened enrollment in VA's health care system to all eligible veterans and required that each year the Secretary of Veterans Affairs assess veterans' demand for services and determine if the necessary resources are available to provide timely, quality care to all enrollees.

Enrollment for the lowest priority of the eight groups-veterans who are not being compensated for a military-related disability and who have incomes above a set threshold-was suspended on January 18, 2003, although veterans in that priority group who were already enrolled for care were permitted to remain enrolled.

VA originally suspended enrollment for Priority 8 veterans because it was unable to provide all enrolled veterans with timely access to its health care due to a tremendous growth in the number of veterans then seeking enrollment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
- Cato the Elder (234-149 B.C.)
David Lord has been a National Veterans Service Officer doing veteran's benefits in Mexico for over a decade. David is a combat veteran, wounded by gunshot in Viet Nam 1968 and is a retired Marine. The Veterans Administration has played a critical role in his life, by his having both medical and compensation benefits. He uses his personal experience in the claims process along with having legal and credentialed Accreditation by the Department of Veterans Affairs. His use of Congressional approved Veterans Organizations, to steer veterans and dependants through the maze of regulations and entitlements due them from military service is outstanding. For more information, email him at david.lord(at)yahoo.com.

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